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Article | 4/08/2011 Does the Mac have an edge against state-sponsored hacking?

When hackers broke into Google's computer network nearly two years ago, their first step was to take over Microsoft Windows machines running in the co...

Article | 30/07/2011 Anonymous releases documents it says came from ManTech

As promised, members of the Anonymous hacking movement have released hundreds of megabytes of documents that they say were stolen from government secu...

Article | 30/07/2011 Facebook to pay hackers for bugs

Facebook is going to pay hackers to find problems with its website -- just so long as they report them to Facebook's security team first.

Article | 29/07/2011 US phisher who hit 38,500 gets long prison sentence

A California man was sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison Thursday for his role as the brains behind a widespread phishing scam that took ...

Article | 28/07/2011 Beware of 'wrong transaction' hotel spam

If you get an e-mail message telling you a hotel has erroneously charged your credit card account, be careful. The odds are that it's part of a new sp...

Article | 28/07/2011 'War texting' lets hackers unlock car doors via SMS

Software that lets drivers unlock car doors and even start their vehicles using a mobile phone could let car thieves do the very same things, accordin...

Article | 2/07/2011 Anonymous takes another shot at Arizona police

The Anonymous hacking group has taken another swipe at police in Arizona, launching online attacks against several police union websites and publishin...

Article | 2/07/2011 Spam messages promise Google+ invites, deliver drug ads

It's the hottest invitation in technology right now -- an e-mail telling you how to "learn more about Google+." If you get one, though, be careful abo...

Article | 30/06/2011 As the Internet evolves, is there a place for spam?

In the late 1990s Robert Soloway made US$20,000 a day as a spammer. He drove fancy cars. He wore Armani clothes. He was, by all accounts, one of the m...

Article | 1/07/2011 Cisco: Spammers aren't making money like they used to

Worms, denial-of-service attacks and spam just aren't paying out like they used to. That's what Cisco Systems found when it took a close look at the i...

Article | 30/06/2011 With FBI raid, law enforcement circles LulzSec

Time may be running out for the members of LulzSec as police continue to step up their inquiries into the hacking group.

Article | 28/06/2011 LulzSec's parting Trojan is a false positive

The LulzSec hacking group <a href="http://lulzsecurity.com/releases/50%20Days%20of%20Lulz.txt">sailed off into the sunset Saturday,</a> leaving behind...

Article | 25/06/2011 Citi hackers made $2.7 million

Citigroup suffered about US$2.7 million in losses after hackers found a way to steal credit card numbers from its website and post fraudulent charges.

Article | 24/06/2011 AT&T iPad hacker pleads guilty

A 26-year-old man who last year helped hackers publish personal information belonging to about 120,000 iPad users pleaded guilty to fraud and hacking ...

Article | 23/06/2011 FBI hits Latvian scareware peddlers who infected 1 million

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has taken aim at two Latvian gangs that allegedly made tens of millions of dollars by sneaking fake virus war...